Prakash Singh Thakuri
Year: 2007
Nationality: Nepal
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Mahendranagar, Nepal
Press organization: Freelance
What's Prakash Singh Thakuri's story?
Armed men believed to be associated with Nepal’s Maoistparty abducted freelance reporter Thakuri from his home in Mahendranagar, a city in Kanchanpur district, at around10 a.m., on July 5, 2007. The journalist’s body was not recovered, but localpolice later classified the investigation as a murder case. Thakuri edited and published the royalist newspaper Aajako Samachar until the king wasforced to cede control of the government in April 2006 after weeks ofpro-democracy demonstrations. He was also a prominent member of the royalistNational Journalists Federation, local newspapers reported.
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